| Grandpa & Grandma Heavner - I Remember The Days |
| I am sure everyone has memories of visiting their grandparents when they were young. This is a recollection of my memories of Grandma (Corena Moody) and Grandpa (Lewis Frank) Heavner when we used to visit their home. When I was a young kid, Grandpa and Grandma Heavner lived off of old Ellerbe Rd. Some of you probably remember Waters Cafe that used to set between Old Ellerbe Rd and Northam Cemetery Rd. They lived down Old Ellerbe Rd right before you get to the new highway now. I remember you would travel down an old dirt road and their house was on the left. It was a neat old house. I remember it had plenty of trees in the yard, shrubs, and a swing. The thing I remember the most was that they had a detached garage. It was always fun to play around that garage - but you had to look out for the wasp nests that were always there. My brothers and I and uncle Jimmy Heavner were always playing there. Jimmy was the youngest of the Heavner clan and still lived there with grandpa and grandma. He was just like a cousin to us. We would climb all over that old garage - and when grandpa parked his old car, I believe it was an old Mercury, there, we would use it as a ladder to help boost us up into the rafters. That old car was a straight drive and we would get inside and shift the gears continously - it's a wonder we didn't ever get that car rolling and hurt someone. One time when I was eating a banana, I threw the banana peel behind some schrubs at the old house. My grandpa and uncle John Heavner were sitting in the swing in the yard. I didn't realize that grandpa had seen me throw that banana peel in the bushes - but he did! He came out of that swing like a bolt of lightning! Needless to say, that banana peel didn't stay behind the scrubs very long. If you ever watch Everybody Loves Raymond, Frank and Marie Barone are the spitting image of my grandpa and grandma. Grandpa Heavner looked just like Frank Barone. Every time I watch that show, they remind me of my grandparents. There are of course differences. Frank loves to eat and grandpa loved to smoke Camels and/or Lucky Strikes. Marie is a true gossiper and buttinksie. Grandma loved to speak her mine and loved dipping that snuff. She would embarrass you around your friends every time. But I still loved them and miss them to this day. When they finally moved out of that house on old Ellerbe Rd and moved across the street from my mom and dad's house, I couldn't beleive it. For some reason I just didn't think they could afford the house they moved in. But they did and it worked out pretty good for my mom. There again, it reminds me of the Barones on TV. In-laws living right across from you. But I am sure it made my mom happy, having her parents within walking distance. These were truly the good 'ole days and are etched in my memory forever. |
| So, as the Train of Life keeps chugging along, another page written of my Childhood Memories of.... Rockingham Remembered. |
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